BRUSSELS (AA) — Warning of escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday that the bloc should do all it can to achieve peace in the Middle East. “The European Union should do all for a peaceful settlement in the Middle East conflict,” Josep Borrell pointed out while speak...
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to streets across the country Tuesday to protest the attempted arrest of their leader on a court order, according to officials and local media. Heavy contingents of police backed by water cannons and armored personnel carr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police have opened an investigation on Tuesday against far-right Knesset member Zvika Fogel on suspicion of inciting terrorism. A police statement said Fogel was summoned for interrogation at the National Fraud Investigation Unit. Fogel is a member of the far-right Jewish Power Party, led by National Security Min...
Braga, Portugal (AFP): “We are here to save our music,” proclaims Ramiz, a young Afghan musician who has been welcomed in Portugal, along with other students from the national music school he left as he fled the Taliban’s cultural crackdown. “We hope that one day we can go back to our country,” the 19-year-old sai...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Six months ago this week, Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly flouting Iran’s strict dress code for women. Within days she was dead while in police custody, sparking the country’s biggest protests in years. The 22-year ethnic Kurd became a household name inside Iran, a rallying point for demands for change. A...
Dubai, Taez (AFP): Saudi Arabia and Iran rapprochement is no “magic wand” for Yemen, analysts say, warning there are no easy solutions for the complex conflict in the Arab world’s poorest country. The move to restore diplomatic ties has raised hopes of an easing in tensions across the region and especially in Yemen, where the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli parliament has passed at its first reading a bill that limits the chances of a prime minister being impeached. The bill was passed on late Monday by a majority of 61 to 51 out of 120 members of the Knesset, according to Israeli TV Channel 12. The bill needs to […]
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP): The oldest Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was released on Monday after serving a 17-year sentence for arms smuggling, an advocacy group and his son said. Fuad Shubaki, 83, was released from Ashkelon prison, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club said, which was confirmed by Sh...
ISTANBUL (AA) – European countries are closing their doors to those seeking asylum and endangering them by being involved in “unlawful and illegal” practices, according to an official from a global rights group. “Many European countries are closing their doors to people seeking their protection and engaging in very harmful, dangerous practices...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN’s $1 billion humanitarian appeal to support the people of Türkiye who have been suffering since last month’s devastating earthquakes has been funded only 13%, a spokesperson said Monday. The UN launched the billion-dollar appeal for Türkiye on Feb. 16 to assist more than five million people affected by ...
